Roseanne was reportedly 'sobbing' during podcast with rabbi

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Roseanne Barr, who hasn’t given an interview since losing her television show as the result of flurry of racist tweets, offered an emotional and rambling mea culpa during a podcast with New Jersey-based Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.

At various moments, Barr reportedly even lapsed into tears.

“She was sobbing and very apologetic about the whole thing,” a source told the Hollywood Reporter.

Rabbi Boteach, who refers to himself as “America’s Rabbi” on his website and is the author of Kosher Sex, is reportedly a spiritual advisor to Barr. Boteach is also known for his friendship with the late Michael Jackson. The rabbi is a strong voice against marriage equality and once starred in his own reality show, Shalom in the Home.

Barr lost her show, the rebooted Roseanne, when she erupted in a racist Twitter tirade, writing that Chelsea Clinton was married to the nephew of billionaire George Soros (whom she called a “Nazi” and worse). Turning to former Obama adviserValerie Jarrett, she tweeted: “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”

Barr was immediately dropped by her agency ICM, and the revival of her namesake series was canceled. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” Channing Dungey, ABC Entertainment president, said in a statement.